Deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been accused in a murder case over the death of a youth.

He was shot dead in Gazipur during the protests led by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement.

In addition to Hasina, former ministers AKM Mozammel Haque and Zahid Ahsan Russel, Gazipur Metropolitan Awami League President Azmat Ullah Khan and former mayor Mohammad Zahangir Alam have been accused in the case.

A month after the death of Md Arif Bepari, 28, his father, Md Rajjab Ali filed the case in Gazipur’s Gacha Police Station on Wednesday.

As many as 115 named individuals and 350 unknown persons have been named as defendants in the case, according to the chief of Gacha Police, Md Ziaul Islam.

The deceased used to live with his family in a rented house owned by Haji Saiful in Kamaleshwar area near Gacha Police Station.

According to the case dossier, Arif was shot dead in Gazipur on Jul 20 during the anti-government protests.

In addition to Hasina, at least 115 local and central leaders and activists of the Awami League have been accused in the murder case.